SOURCE: “Three Philosophers on Religion,” in The Church Quarterly Review, Vol. 100, No. CXCIX, April, 1925, pp. 122-38.

In the following essay, Matthews includes three works by McTaggart in a discussion on religion and philosophy.

An ancient Indian legend describes the creation of woman. It is said that Brahma, thinking it not good for man to be alone, created woman. After a time, however, the man came to Brahma with the request that the woman might be removed as she appeared to be incurably loquacious. The petition was granted by the complacent deity; but it was not long before the man returned with the prayer that the woman might be restored to him, saying ‘She is a strange creature, for it seems impossible to live either with or without her.’ This story might perhaps serve as a parable of the relations between religion and philosophy. It is certain that philosophy...